Caste census takes off
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Agartala, June 29: Independent India's first socio-economic and caste
census, that commenced here this morning at Sankhola village under
Hezamara block of West Tripura district, has put the state government
in a spot.
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011, aimed at determining the
caste-wise break-up as well as the socio-economic status of the
country's 121 crore populace, was launched by chief minister Manik
Sarkar and secretary, Union ministry of rural development, B.K. Sinha,
during a function at the Prajna Bhawan auditorium here last evening.
Speaking on the occasion, Manik Sarkar said he failed to understand
the rationale behind the Centre's pre-emptive categorisation of 44 per
cent of the rural population and 22 per cent urban population as being
below poverty line before completion of the survey, and added that the
BPL figures should be fixed only after the process was completed.
B.K. Sinha explained the technicalities of the census process, which
would involve door-to-door visits by enumerators who would record the
data on tablet PCs manufactured specifically for this purpose by
Bharat Electronics Limited.
"The information furnished by the respondents would be verified and
cleared by gaon sabhas. The procedure for filing claims, objections
and their disposal is being provided by the ministry of rural
development along with detailed guidelines, on the basis of which the
people actually living below the poverty line will be identified and
listed," Sinha said.
He said the process would be complete by the end of the 2011-2012
fiscal. "The inputs of the census will be used to implement the 12th
Five Year plan for the period 2012-13 to 2016-2017," he added.
Chief commissioner of census C. Chandramouli and Tripura chief
secretary S.K. Panda also attended the programme.
The process holds promise to identify the "real" BPL population of the
country, and therein lies the state government's problem.
Official sources in the state's rural development ministry said the
process would put the state government in a tight spot as there was
bound to a drastic reduction in the number of listed BPL families
following the census, which would mean a reduction of votes for the
ruling government.
The sources added that the three-phase process would lead to
identification of wrong entries and false evidence, further
complicating matters for the government.
As in the first phase, erroneous entries would be dropped from the BPL
list, followed by a comprehensive verification of the new list in the
third phase.
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